4 Biggest Obstacles Homeowners Face When Selling a House on Their Own

When it comes to selling a home, most folks believe they can do it on their own. Whether they're trying to save money or simply want greater control over the process, these homeowners try to sell their homes without the help of a real estate agent; however, they often experience more stress than those that hire an agent. Here are four common challenges people face when they try to sell their home on their own:

Getting the Right Price

Many homeowners who choose to sell their home without a REALTOR® struggle with setting the price for their home and getting the most for their house. Because of their feelings and emotional attachment to the house, they're unable to price their home objectively, often valuing it for more than it's worth. When the price is too high, fewer buyers will be interested and the sale will take much longer.

Understanding and Performing Paperwork

Selling a home requires more paperwork than most homeowners think. If they have never sold a home before, some of it can be difficult to understand and complete. A real estate agent has the training to comprehend all the legalese and explain it to you. Plus, they can remove this unnecessary stressor from the selling process.

Selling Within the Planned Length of Time

Many homeowners underestimate how long the selling process actually takes. From getting your home ready for sale, to showing potential buyers, to the closing process, selling a house takes much longer than most people think. Homeowners may, in turn, set unreasonable deadlines for themselves and inevitably fall short.

Preparing and Fixing a Home for Sale

Before homeowners can even post their ad, they will need to make repairs and stage their home. This is an essential step that most homeowners overlook when selling on their own. Potential buyers judge the house by the photos posted with the ad, and if the photos don't show a clean and beautiful home, they will keep on scrolling.

There are so many more obstacles that come with selling your home if you choose to do it on your own. Make selling real estate easier and stress-free by working with a real estate agent!

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3 KEYS TO SUCCESSFULLY SELLING YOUR HOME

by HOLLY HURD

What are the 3 Keys to Successfully Selling a Home?
When it comes time to sell your home, most home sellers want to sell their home fast and for top dollar. Really, who wouldn't? Selling a home has a lot of facets to do it right and no homeowner wants their house to linger on the market. But, I bundle those steps down into the 3 keys to successfully selling a home.

What are the 3 Keys to Successfully Selling a Home?

Step1 —>Preparation

This is the first step because the preparation of your home can also impact the ultimate sale price of your home.

First and foremost, every house should have a deep cleaning, thorough de-cluttering and be completely de-personalized. These 3 steps should never be skipped, on any home if you are looking for the maximum return on your home upon a sale. Not only will these have a huge return, they are all free! It just may require some time.

Next you are looking at if any major repairs need and should be done. To maximize your net proceeds upon closing realize you need to have the major systems and structure of your house in serviceable workable condition.
A pre-listing home inspection is a good step to take.

Fresh paint of a current neutral pallet will also give you large returns. Nobody will complain about a freshly painted neutral wall color. That is just one more item the home buyers can knock off their to do list.

Home staging is a big buzzword. Consider a home staging consultation. A home stager will certainly discuss with you the items above but will also make suggestion about "merchandising your home". merchandising your home will make it more appealing to the buying public. Home staging is about highlighting the attractive features of your home and downplaying the negatives.

Properly preparing your home is critical to maximizing returns. Not only are you providing a turn key property, you are increasing value and broadening the appeal of your home.

Step 2 —-> Pricing Your Home Properly

Getting the proper price on your home is the single most important factor in getting your home sold in a reasonable amount of time and for top dollar. It will also lessen your stress and frustration you will feel when your home is not selling.
Determining the correct list price for your home in most cases is pretty straight forward, but many times is clouded by misinformation and emotion.
Ways not to calculate value:
* -Listening to your no it all neighbor about what your house is worth
* -Listing at what the Zillow Zestimate calculates
* -Using your assessed value as market value
The proper pricing of your home is determined by data. The data will include recent, past history of similar homes that have sold in your area. Typically a real estate agent will prepare a comparative market analysis showing you the comparable homes that were used. There will be a value range with an opinion of where you fall in that range based on your homes criteria.

Overpricing your home will ultimately have a detrimental effect on selling your home. Proper pricing is 80% of selling your home. No amount of preparation or marketing will sell a home if it overpriced. You can get everything else right but get the pricing wrong and your home will stagnate on the market.

Step 3 —> Presenting Your Home to the Market

Presenting your home to the buying public is how you will market your home. Most of this will fall on your REALTOR with the systems they have in place.
While there is many aspects to marketing your home the single biggest piece of marketing is high quality photographs. Most of your marketing whether it is social media, the MLS, property brochures, etc... start with photography. It is key you have professional high quality real estate photography of your home.

If you make sure these 3 keys to selling your home are covered you will certainly have a successful home sale. If you miss one of these steps you could be in for a long haul.
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The Importance of a Buyer's Agent -

by HOLLY HURD

A real estate transaction is a complex process involving stacks of paperwork and a number of outside service providers and contractors. An experienced buyer's agent like me HOLLY HURD can guide you through the process, answering your questions and serving as your advocate. HOLLY HURD will help you find the property that fits your needs, submit offers and counteroffers, suggest a good property inspector and other professionals, and provide all sorts of relevant advice. With a buyer's agent like me HOLLY HURD , you'll have someone on your side, looking out for your interests every step of the way.

Holly Hurd~

Is a REALTOR with Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel
in Northville, Michigan 48167
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